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Articles listed under “weed”

Creeping bellflower — July 15, 2008

Most bellflowers are well-behaved garden plants, but creeping bellflower, or rampion, is just a little too aggressive.

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Beggarticks — June 3, 2008

If you, or your pet, have ever brought “stickers” home after walking through a patch of weeds in late summer or early autumn, you’re probably familiar with beggartick seeds.

Carpetweed — May 20, 2008

As the name implies, this annual weed is a low-spreader, never growing to more than about 4 in. tall. It likes hot weather, so the tiny seedlings don’t appear until the soil has warmed in spring.

Shepherd’s purse — April 29, 2008

You might be familiar with this annual weed’s triangular, “purseshaped” seed pods that follow its tiny white flowers in winter, spring or summer.

Lambsquarters — April 22, 2008

This annual weed can grow up to 5 ft. tall if you let it. The stems are grooved with red-pink spots where the leaves attach.

Multiflora rose — April 1, 2008

Multiflora rose has many characteristics of ornamental roses, but this plant is an aggressive shrub with wicked hooked thorns.

Star of Bethlehem — March 11, 2008

Star of Bethlehem was originally introduced and grown for sale as an ornamental plant, and is still available from nurseries in some areas.

Annual sowthistle — March 4, 2008

There are several different sowthistles, but annual sowthistle is one of the most common, especially in the Southeast and West.

Crabgrass — January 1, 2008

Like all annual weeds, crabgrass sprouts in spring, matures, sets seed and dies the same year.

Wild violet — December 18, 2007

Their dainty flowers may be welcome in spring. But roots that won’t quit and a habit of reseeding qualify wild violets as weeds in most gardens.

Wild mustard — November 27, 2007

Also known as charlock, wild mustard is found almost everywhere in the United States and Canada.

Horsenettle — November 13, 2007

If you try to pull this perennial, you’ll quickly discover its prickly stems and leaves.

Water hemlock — October 30, 2007

At a glance, the foliage resembles the herbs chervil, coriander and parsley.

Pineappleweed — October 23, 2007

It’s almost a shame to call this a weed, except that it doesn’t respect the boundaries of your garden. At 6 to 18 in. tall, this annual weed has finely divided leaves that smell like pineapple when they’re bruised.

Dodder — October 16, 2007

Dodder is a parasite with suckerlike roots that penetrate into another plant’s stem to gather nutrients and water.

Red sorrel — September 11, 2007

You can identify this perennial weed by its arrow-shaped leaves with two pointed lobes near the base. The 12- to 24-in.-tall, slender, flowering stems grow from a rosette at the crown.

Video: Wise weeding — August 14, 2007

Weeds! If you garden, they’re inevitable. And pulling them is one of those tasks many folks dislike.

Pokeweed — August 7, 2007

You can identify this perennial weed by its coarse, purplish stems and large, glossy leaves with maroon veins on the undersides.

Quackgrass — July 31, 2007

This rough-looking perennial grass grows 1 to 3 feet tall in clumps or mats. Quackgrass, or “couch-grass,” emerges from hairy roots into slender stems that are separated into little joints every few inches.

Pepperweed — July 17, 2007

If you crush or bite into a pepperweed seed pod, you’ll know where it gets its name. It has a definite pungent scent and taste. A biennial, pepperweed sprouts in the fall and spends the winter as a small rosette of leaves.